Cake-baking apparatus.



No. 866,273. Y PATENTED'SBPT. 17, 1907.

` J. s. HAMA.

CAKE' BAKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED l00T. 16. 1908.

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J. S. HAMA: GAKEIBAKING APPARATUS.

APPLIQATION FILED 0GT.16, 1906.

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- Angeles, and State of California, have invented new drawings in whichz`-A 4 upwardly and is secured in the bearing 22secured to tus by means of which a number of cakes can be baked tion.

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JEAN S. HAMA, QF LOS ANGELES, GALIFORIA.

cAKE-BAKING APPARATUS.

No. 866,273.l

Specification iof Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 17, 190'?.

Applicationtid october 16,1906. seriairo. 339,271.

To all whom it may concern:

13e it known that I, JEAN S. HAMA, a citizen Vof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los and useful Improvements in (lake-Baking Apparatus, of which the following is a spec-iii cation.

Heretofore in the baking of cakes or waffles that are used in Inaking corn ricopias and that are designed to hold ice cream, a single baking iron has been used. This has been vfound to be a very slow method as the number of cakes that cari be baked is limited.

By means of my improved apparatus a large number of cakes can be baked in the minimum amount of time, thereby effecting a large saving in fuel. I

.An object of this invention is to provide an apparasimultaneously. A further object is to provide an apparatus in which a saving of heating fuel is effected and which isV simple in operation and durable in construc- I accomplish these objects by means ofthe apparatus described herein and illustrated in the accompanying Figure 1.-is. a side elevation of my apparatus with parts broken away and parts in section to more clearly disclose the interior. v Fig.l 2.-is a sectional plan with some of the irons and parts removed.

Referring'to the drawings 5 designates a floor or base, to which is secured a frame 6, preferably formed of'gaspipe suitably joined together. Secured to the top of this frame is around plate 7 having air inlets 7", the outer edge of which is provided with an annular track or iiange 8 which is rigidly secured to plate 7 by means of vbolts or rivets; The outer,edge of plate 7 isbent downwardly to' forman annular flange 9, to which is rigidly secured an annular metallic housing 10 that extends above and below the plate-7. i

Secured to the top of plate 7 by means of stands or bearings 11, are a plurality of gas rings l2, prefer- 13 in their highest points, which rings are connected connected on its under side to a downwardly extending pipe 15, on t/he end of which is an elbow 16 and to which is secured a supply pipe 17 that extends through and beyond the housing 10, having a controlling valve 18 secured thereto, by means of which'the supply of gas to the burner rings is regulated.

Secured to the ilooror base 5 is a step-bearing 19 in which is revolubly mounted a centrally disposed vertical shaft 20. Thisshaft passes through a bearing 2l secured to the underside of plate 7 and then extends the top of a canopy or frame 23.

-y ,Keyed to shaft 20 by key 24 is an annular table 25 I divided by ribs 26 into sections 27, which preferably have elliptical openings 28 in which rest the cake irons 26. Adjacent these openings and on their longest diameter are bearings 29 and 30 in which rest the cylirh rdrical necks 31 and 32 of the cake irons.

Hinged as at 33 to the upper portion of the frame 25 and adjacent the shaft 20 are covers 34 4which have,

nular track 8 attached to the annular plate 7, by means of lwhich the frame is rotatively supported.

'lhe operation is as followsz-After the burners are lighted, and the cakemolding irons have become heated, the operator lifts cover 34 until the handle 35,

engages thehook 36 secured to the canopy. He then;

raises the upper portion of the cake molding iron and fills it with a batter, after which the iron is closed and turned so as to expose the upper half of the iron to the flame of the burner. He then replacesy the cover 34 and turns the table 6 so as to bring the succeeding iron to him. During the time elasping from the filling of the first iron, the upper half has become sufficiently heated so that thecake is ready to be removed,- which is done beforerefilling it with fresh batter. i lt will be noted from the foregoing description that have produced an apparatus which is economical in the use of heat and of operation.

Ilavingdescribed my invention what l claim is new -and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1.` 'lhe combination with a f-rame, va horizontal plate thereon, a me allie housing secured to the plate and sie tending above and below the latter, an annulaitrack and burner on the table, of a vertical shaft, an annulaitable secured to the shaft, said table having wheels which travel on the track, the table divided luto sections having openings and a cover for cach section. i l

2. '.l'hc combination with a frame, a horizontal plate thereon, a metallic housing secured to the plate and cxtending above and below the latter, an annular track and burner on the table, of a vertical shaft, an annular table secured to the shaft, said table having wheels which travel on the track, Athe table divided into sections having open- 'ings and a cover for each section, a 'canopy supported by the rotary table, said canopy havingmeans'forfastening.

the covers when open.

In witness that I clairn the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my nme this Sth day of October, 1906.

JEAN s. HAMA. y n.. s .i'

Witnesses g EDMUND A. Swinnen, G. E. HARPHAM. 

